Cake Decorator FT

Lowes Foods; Jamestown (NC); On-site; USD 26,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

Lowes Foods, LLC is seeking a bakery associate to greet guests, assist with cake decorating, and ensure product quality and freshness. You will prepare items for sale, label and price, and maintain clean, organized work areas.

The role includes maintaining sanitation standards, rotating stock, and using cake production sheets to support bakery goals. Lifting up to 25 lbs and standing for extended periods required; must be 18+.

Qualifications

• Friendly, outgoing personality.
• Ability to work well with others.
• Strong communication and guest service skills.
• Ability to lift 25 lbs., 50 lbs. occasionally.
• Read and understand information and directions.
• Able to bend, kneel and stand for extended periods.
• Must be at least 18 years old.

Responsibilities

• Greet guests politely and provide friendly service.
• Prepare product for sale (icing, decorating, labeling).
• Maintain product level, quality and freshness.
• Perform bakery clerk functions when requested.
• Maintain sanitation in the cooler, freezer, prep, and sales areas.
• Clean work area, tools and decorating bags.
• Rotate icings and manage bakery storage.
• Read cake production sheets and dates.

Skills

Friendly personality

Teamwork

Communication skills

Physical stamina

Reading ability

Flexibility/durational standing

Job description

Overview

To grow community through building guest loyalty and providing personal guest interactions that build genuine relationships with guests and result in a brand-aligned experience.

Responsibilities

1. Provide polite, friendly greetings and interactions with all guests.
2. Prepare product for sale (icing, decorating, pricing, packaging and labeling).
3. Maintain product level, quality and freshness.
4. When requested perform bakery clerk functions.
5. Maintain sanitation standards in the cooler, freezer, prep area and sales area.
6. Properly cleans work area, couplers and decorating bags.
7. Maintain the organization of the freezer, including proper rotation of product according to variety.
8. Communicate guest requests to management.
9. Communicate temperature breakdowns to supervisor.
10. Keeps supply area neat, clean and tidy at all times.
11. Properly rotates icings (including how to read dates of icings) and scrapes down buckets.
12. Use cake manual as reference material.
13. Write on cakes.
14. Properly mix colors according to color chart.
15. Masters the use of the airbrush.
16. Use cake production sheet.
17. Achieve budgeted sales, shrink and profits for the cake section of the bakery.
18. Perform all other duties as assigned by management.
19. Performs Front Porch duties to ensure “guest arrival” standard is maintained.
20. Announce specials and sale info on the PA system.
21. Assist in product receiving and storage.

Qualifications

1. Friendly, outgoing personality.
2. Ability to work well with others.
3. Ability to lift 25 lbs. consistently and 50 lbs. occasionally.
4. Ability to read and understand information and direction.
5. Effective communication, guest service and selling skills.
6. Must be at least 18 years old.
7. Ability to bend, kneel and stand for extended periods of time.